ACL: Zob Ahan selects Karbala as neutral venue
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Loading...Tasnim – ISFAHAN, Zob Ahan has chosen Iraqi city of Karbala as the neutral venue to host the Saudi Arabian team in the 2019 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League.
Zob Ahan will face the winner of Al-Wehdat of Jordan and Kuwait’s Al-Kuwait in the Preliminary round 2 and the winner of the match will meet Al-Gharafa of Qatar in Play-off round.
Al-Nassr of Saudi Arabia will also play the winner of AGMK from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan’s Istiklol in Play-off round.
Al-Nassr and Zob Ahan will be drawn in Group A if they defeat their opponents.
According to Asian Football Confederation, clubs from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Iran should play on a home and away basis as per the AFC regulations, but Saudi Arabia violated the order as their teams will not come to Iran to play the country’s teams.
The 2019 AFC Champions League is scheduled to be played from 5 February to 24 November 2019.
